Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 610 472 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.43% 14.07% 9.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.69% 53.39% 42.05%
Number of salaries quoted 444 358 294
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,238
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,875 £75,000 £78,525
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,335 884 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.26% 26.36% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 948 637 600
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +1.56%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +1 207 £60,000 +9.09% 81
Essex -3 134 £40,000 - 43
Cambridgeshire -17 124 £55,000 +54.93% 95
Suffolk +30 69 £39,875 -20.25% 28
Norfolk -2 50 £51,250 +2.50% 17
Bedfordshire -20 25 £38,250 +12.50% 18
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 105 (17.21%) SharePoint
2 53 (8.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.80%) WordPress
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) IIS
4 3 (0.49%) SAS
5 2 (0.33%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) Luigi
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 37 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.33%) Towers Watson Igloo
3 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 201 (32.95%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (19.34%) Entra ID
3 78 (12.79%) Power Platform
4 73 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (11.80%) Azure AI
6 68 (11.15%) AWS
7 63 (10.33%) OneDrive
8 30 (4.92%) Power Automate
8 30 (4.92%) PowerApps
9 26 (4.26%) GitHub
10 24 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 24 (3.93%) Azure Service Bus
11 22 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (3.28%) GCP
13 17 (2.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 17 (2.79%) SaaS
14 16 (2.62%) GitHub Copilot
14 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (12.62%) Firewall
2 66 (10.82%) DNS
3 52 (8.52%) DHCP
3 52 (8.52%) VPN
4 38 (6.23%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.95%) Wireless
6 17 (2.79%) MQTT
7 12 (1.97%) Network Security
7 12 (1.97%) VLAN
7 12 (1.97%) WAN
8 11 (1.80%) Internet
8 11 (1.80%) LAN
8 11 (1.80%) VoIP
9 8 (1.31%) PBX
10 7 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.66%) DMZ
11 4 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.33%) Broadband
12 2 (0.33%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (15.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 57 (9.34%) Power BI
3 56 (9.18%) MongoDB
4 26 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (3.44%) Tableau
7 12 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.66%) MySQL
11 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.33%) Big Data
12 2 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.33%) Metadata
12 2 (0.33%) Redis
12 2 (0.33%) Spatial Data
13 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (3.77%) Git
2 11 (1.80%) JIRA
3 5 (0.82%) Selenium
3 5 (0.82%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.49%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.49%) git-flow
4 3 (0.49%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) ERwin
6 1 (0.16%) JMeter
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
6 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.16%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 265 (43.44%) Social Skills
2 58 (9.51%) Finance
3 26 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (2.30%) Legal
5 13 (2.13%) Marketing
5 13 (2.13%) Retail
6 12 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (1.80%) Law
7 11 (1.80%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.48%) Games
8 9 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.98%) Advertising
9 6 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.66%) Music Industry
12 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.49%) Aviation
12 3 (0.49%) Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 144 (23.61%) Developer
2 109 (17.87%) IT Support
3 85 (13.93%) Analyst
4 81 (13.28%) .NET Developer
5 79 (12.95%) Support Engineer
6 76 (12.46%) IT Engineer
7 65 (10.66%) IT Support Engineer
7 65 (10.66%) Senior
8 50 (8.20%) Junior
9 46 (7.54%) Junior Analyst
10 33 (5.41%) Lead
11 30 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (4.75%) Network Engineer
12 29 (4.75%) Senior Developer
13 28 (4.59%) Azure Engineer
13 28 (4.59%) Consultant
14 26 (4.26%) Graduate
14 26 (4.26%) Security Analyst
15 24 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support
16 23 (3.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (18.85%) .NET
2 92 (15.08%) .NET Core
3 77 (12.62%) ASP.NET
3 77 (12.62%) ASP.NET Core
4 59 (9.67%) RESTful
5 52 (8.52%) CSS
6 49 (8.03%) HTML
7 34 (5.57%) Entity Framework
8 33 (5.41%) React
9 30 (4.92%) ML.NET
10 28 (4.59%) Blazor
11 27 (4.43%) Node.js
12 23 (3.77%) Terraform
13 22 (3.61%) AngularJS
14 21 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (3.28%) FastAPI
15 20 (3.28%) Vue
16 18 (2.95%) Kafka
16 18 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
17 17 (2.79%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.56%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.23%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 20 (3.28%) Cyberattack
5 15 (2.46%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.15%) CCTV
11 7 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.15%) iPhone
11 7 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.98%) Digital TV
12 6 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.98%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.82%) BBC
13 5 (0.82%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 154 (25.25%) Windows
2 87 (14.26%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.30%) Linux
3 14 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.80%) Android
5 11 (1.80%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.64%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.33%) Unix
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (20.82%) AI
2 118 (19.34%) Agile
3 115 (18.85%) Cybersecurity
4 97 (15.90%) DevOps
5 89 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (14.26%) Mentoring
7 80 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (13.11%) Full-Stack Development
8 78 (12.79%) CI/CD
9 62 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
10 55 (9.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 51 (8.36%) Machine Learning
12 41 (6.72%) Cloud Security
12 41 (6.72%) Roadmaps
12 41 (6.72%) Service Delivery
13 38 (6.23%) Containerisation
14 37 (6.07%) Migration
15 36 (5.90%) ITIL
15 36 (5.90%) ITSM
16 35 (5.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (30.00%) SQL
2 139 (22.79%) C#
3 93 (15.25%) Python
4 54 (8.85%) PowerShell
5 51 (8.36%) JavaScript
6 38 (6.23%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.79%) PHP
8 12 (1.97%) C++
9 8 (1.31%) Bicep
9 8 (1.31%) Java
10 7 (1.15%) Rust
11 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.66%) Bash
13 3 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.49%) Ruby
13 3 (0.49%) Scala
14 2 (0.33%) Go
15 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 127 (20.82%) Azure Certification
2 75 (12.30%) Degree
3 35 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.43%) CompTIA Security+
6 26 (4.26%) CCNA
7 25 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
9 20 (3.28%) CEH
9 20 (3.28%) CompTIA CySA+
10 14 (2.30%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.48%) CCNP
11 9 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.31%) SC Cleared
13 6 (0.98%) CISSP
14 5 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.49%) A+ Certification
16 3 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.08%) QA
2 25 (4.10%) SLA
3 24 (3.93%) GDPR
4 22 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.11%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.30%) NIST
7 13 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.31%) NCSC
9 7 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.82%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.66%) PMO
13 3 (0.49%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.16%) HL7
14 1 (0.16%) IFRS
14 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (22.95%) Active Directory
2 41 (6.72%) Docker
3 37 (6.07%) Hyper-V
4 29 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (12.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (6.89%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.15%) SCCM
4 4 (0.66%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.49%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 426 (69.84%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.84%) ForeScout
3 46 (7.54%) Cisco
4 34 (5.57%) VMware
5 26 (4.26%) Apple
6 21 (3.44%) Google
7 13 (2.13%) Facebook
7 13 (2.13%) Meraki
8 12 (1.97%) Adobe
9 11 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.64%) Ubiquiti
11 8 (1.31%) Veeam
12 7 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.15%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.98%) Databricks
14 5 (0.82%) Sony
14 5 (0.82%) Yahoo!
15 4 (0.66%) Citrix
15 4 (0.66%) Draytek
15 4 (0.66%) Sophos